---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)"
description: "Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 338"
citation: "Maryland SB 338 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6016977f-4343-4c30-93f3-b0184137a5f5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0338?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b2092ce0d7da0d754eb23cc91942c7012c710a31bdf7f93104229cb49997dab4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 338 (2021) — Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_310_sb0338t.pdf)
2. **First - Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0338f.pdf)
3. **Third - Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0338t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-08-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-01** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/02 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6016977f-4343-4c30-93f3-b0184137a5f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).